Mon Refuge, ou Satyre sur les Abus des Jardins Modernes

Author: Ligne, Charles Joseph de

Publisher: Deboffe, Dulau et Didier

Published: London

Publishing year: 1801

Charles-Joseph, Prince of Ligne (1766-1814). "Mon Refuge; ou Satyre sur les Abus des Jardins Modernes. Par Le P ... de L ...". London: Deboffe, Dulau et Didier, 1801. Printed by W. and C. Spilsbury, Snowhill. 12mo. (2), 46 pp. Orig. brochure, marbled paper cover.

Rare first edition, printed in small quantities. It was printed in London under the auspices of Count - and future Prince - Louis von Starhemberg (1766-1833), friend of the author and dedicatee of the first verse piece. He was Austrian Ambassador to London from 1793 to 1810. - An aristocratic exlibris (Clary-Aldringen - 'Fürstl. Clary'sche Bibliothek') glued Inside of the front cover. There is also a bibliographic reference in pencil (Barbier III. 331). - First 3 leaves with minor water stains, otherwise well preserved, partly untrimmed.

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